Originally posted by SinH4
But I just can’t stop thinking that ABI really would have needed to live in a dream world if they didn’t know that Wicked Weed is a good purchase without analyzing Ratebeer stats.

It’s not just knowing that a brewery is successful and sells products that are well sought after. It’s knowing market trends AS WELL AS knowing the climate of the brewery/business itself. Are they for sale? Are they looking to expand? Do they have a viable business model to do so? Would their products work in other markets and possibly work there better? Does their branding work as well as it could? Etc . . .

Those things are things that they would have to find out independently of the data on RB, though. The data on RB would be instrumental in the aiming of the weapon. The rest of the data would determine if the weapon is fired or not.

As I continue to gather my thoughts, here is a link to the ZX Ventures home page....the "Intelligence" and "Access" blurbs have me thinking the most: https://zx-ventures.com/

"Underpinning everything we do is data. In order to create the future we need to understand what has (and hasn’t worked) in the past. We are hopelessly dedicated to mining insights and innovation using the latest technology and trends available. The more we know about our consumers and products, the better chance we have of anticipating their needs in the future."

"Despite being a nimble global start-up, we have access to the resources, logistics, distribution, media, business intelligence and technology of the fifth-largest consumer packaged goods company in the world with a formidable presence on every inhabitable continent. This allows us unparalleled access to the research, technology, manpower, and distribution networks to test and validate our hypotheses with speed and voracity. We also partner with the best start-ups, thinkers, designers, engineers, and technologists and work together to launch small ideas in very big ways."